[It only hits like a freight train when she says it, like going through the surface of an iced lake. She hasn't just been digging for details, desperate to prove him wrong, that he wasn't what she thought he was.
She was wanting him to prove her wrong.
Like he once spent so long doing.
She's crying. Anyone can cry.]
Helena...
[There's a crack in it. It does worse than sting, that last sentence, acid in the opening left by the idea he'd kill, and like that, because he was told to. Because... he really had, hadn't he? Not now, but back then. He can't help but flinch... getting out of the water, that's a good idea. He'll... he'll let her go first.]
You... already knew I'd killed before...
[Inside, he's in deadlock, two voices screaming at each other what are you doing. As a result it's neither, less than either, a feeble sentence that's half 'so please work this out' and half 'so believe this lie is true' and unable to resolve the contradiction.]
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She was wanting him to prove her wrong.
Like he once spent so long doing.
She's crying. Anyone can cry.]
Helena...
[There's a crack in it. It does worse than sting, that last sentence, acid in the opening left by the idea he'd kill, and like that, because he was told to. Because... he really had, hadn't he? Not now, but back then. He can't help but flinch... getting out of the water, that's a good idea. He'll... he'll let her go first.]
You... already knew I'd killed before...
[Inside, he's in deadlock, two voices screaming at each other what are you doing. As a result it's neither, less than either, a feeble sentence that's half 'so please work this out' and half 'so believe this lie is true' and unable to resolve the contradiction.]